Alabama
Related: About this forumWhat's wrong with the Alabama Democratic Party - Only 2 Democrats on my ballot out of 13 races.
I pulled up a sample ballot for my district and out of 13 races 11 of them have an only an unopposed repub. And it's not just local races, many are statewide such as the Alabama Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Public Service Commission President.
I get it that this is a deep red state, but is the Alabama Democratic Party so weak that we can't at least have candidates out there getting our message out? Change won't happen overnight, but if we don't put forth an effort it'll never happen.
GreenWave
(9,255 posts)questionseverything
(10,199 posts)They arrest them
dem4decades
(11,937 posts)groundloop
(12,305 posts)In a way I wish I still lived in Georgia where my vote would mean something, but I guess I'm here to stay.
dem4decades
(11,937 posts)Response to groundloop (Reply #5)
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samnsara
(18,290 posts)..since then the two grand daughters are voting for the first time as is her Scottish hubby who got his citizenship just to vote against trump ( his home town in where trumps gold course it...boy do they hate him!)
so..they live in Fairhope. anything I should let them know about?
C OH Dem
(36 posts)I don't blame the democratic party for it, I blame myself for not having the backbone to run for office.
groundloop
(12,305 posts)I'm a retired engineer, and am just too old for it. Plus I have absolutely zero people skills and I'd get my ass handed to me in any kind of debate.
However, if we had any kind of local Democratic Party presence I'd happily donate to them.
IbogaProject
(3,681 posts)Some state level offices are part time.
Linda ladeewolf
(423 posts)Very few democrats run in local elections. If I were younger I might give it a go, but Im too damn old. Wish we had some younglings around to take it on.